Penn State adopted an Emergency Notification System (ENS) during the summer of 2006 and has used it many times. This webinar will take a multifaceted view of the ENS paradigm and review all the aspects of implementing one. In this free 60-minute webinar, you will learn:

• Considerations when selecting a notification vendor
• Identifying who is authorized to send emergency alerts
• Training your system users to send alerts
• Developing your communications plan to roll out the system
• The importance of testing
• Type of alerts to send and when to send them
• How to manage your dispatch center after an alert is sent
• The importance of a joining a relevant user group
• Question & Answer session with attendees to follow

SPEAKERAnnemarie MountzAssistant Director of Public InformationPenn State University, Pennsylvania

HOSTSteve Hardiman, Webinar Moderator